Yugipedia:Featured Card/Rescue Rabbit
Happy new year, Duelists! It's time to kick off 2012 with a card that's already had an impact on the metagame of 2011 - and you can bet that "Rescue Rabbit" is going to be important this year as well! After all, it's the spiritual successor to the infamous "Rescue Cat" - how could it not be important?
A year ago, if any of you Duelists had heard that Normal Monsters like "Kabazauls" (yes, that "Kabazauls") would be used in top-tier Decks, you probably would have laughed. However, with "Rescue Rabbit" now on the loose, it's more likely than you'd think. You see, you can banish a face-up "Rescue Rabbit" you control and Special Summon any two Level 4 or lower Normal Monsters from your Deck, as long as they have the same name. Two "Alexandrite Dragons", "Sabersauri", or any other Normal Monster from your Deck, for free! These Normal Monsters are destroyed during the End Phase, but that's no problem - you'll have used them for an Xyz Summon. This is the true power of "Rescue Rabbit" - instant Xyz Summons of monsters like "Number 39: Utopia", or the devastating "Evolzar Laggia". What's more, "Rescue Rabbit" can easily be reused, thanks to another great Xyz Monster: "Leviair the Sea Dragon". "Leviair", which is very easy to Summon thanks to "Tour Guide from the Underworld", can Special Summon a banished "Rescue Rabbit" for another easy Xyz Summon!
The card creators at Konami seem to have learned their lesson after the domination of "Rescue Cat" in the dueling world, and the power of "Rabbit" has been dialed back quite far from that of its predecessor. As mentioned before, the two Special Summoned monsters must have the same name - no Summoning a Tuner and a non-Tuner monster for a Synchro Summon. Additionally, "Rabbit" itself cannot be Special Summoned from the Deck, so it cannot be abused with "Summoner Monk", and the effect of any "Rescue Rabbit" can only be used once per turn.
With all these restrictions, how is this card making it into top-tier decks? One trick is to build the Deck around "Rescue Rabbit" - a Dino Rabbit Deck! Such a Deck focuses mainly on the Xyz Summons of "Evolzar Laggia" and "Dolkka", using Normal monsters like "Sabersaurus" and "Kabazauls" as Xyz material. Add in a couple of "Tour Guides", some "Jurracs" like "Guaiba" and "Velo" for more Xyz material, a few copies of "Dimensional Fissure" (for such a Deck doesn't rely on the Graveyard), and you have a fast Deck that can lock down the opponent with "Laggia", and has taken the YCS by storm!
But that's not all! Many Decks have Normal Monsters - from "Elemental HERO" to "Ojama" to "lswarm" - and Rabbit can be splashed into any one of them for an extra dash of power and deck thinning. Whatever you do with it, "Rescue Rabbit" will surely lead you to victory!
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